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Because tik tok, tik tok, what do you do, Microsoft, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s bizarre pursuit of social networking, Ignite 2020 being split asunder, a massive reorg in the Windows group, a virtual Microsoft appearance in a virtual Samsung product launch, and so much more.

Microsoft is making changes to Ignite and turning it into two events.

Microsoft is making significant changes to how Windows and Azure operate with new leaderships and teams changing orgs.

If you are signing up for a free account to use with Microsoft Teams, you might see a few options available. This might seem confusing compared to Zoom and similar apps, but there’s a good reason for it.

There’s not a lot new going on for users in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, so who should consider upgrading to the latest feature update?

The Office 365 Substrate uses Exchange Online mailboxes to store a lot of data that users never see. The data is used by the substrate for different purposes, mostly to make it easier for features to get to relevant information. Microsoft doesn’t document exactly what is stored, where it is stored, and how it is used, so we must poke around in the innards of mailboxes to see what we can discover.

With Microsoft Azure’s API Management service, you can easily proxy an existing API and modify the input and output before that data is received or sent.

This month, Microsoft drops Win32 app support in Windows 10X, 20H2 to get UI updates, and Microsoft is preparing a new Cloud PC service.

Teams is now the center of the SharePoint world and it is working to become the center of the Power Platform universe.

In the Microsoft calendar, July marked the end of FY20 and the start of a whole new semester for Azure (and Windows) development.

With July now behind us, it’s time to take a look back at the significant announcements from the month. And considering that the company’s Inspire conference has come and gone, there is a lot to write about.

Teams Advanced Communications at $12/user/month On August 1, Microsoft launched a new Teams Advanced Communications add-on license. Because the license is not of general interest, Microsoft has not bundled it in Office 365 E5 or Microsoft 365 E5. Instead, Advanced Communication is an add-on which must be purchased individually at $12/user/month (U.S. price). The new…